AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - John Ritter's widow and son mark his 78th birthday with a warning about the silent condition that killed him
Amy Yasbeck and Tyler Ritter are using what would have been the beloved comedian's 78th birthday to sound the alarm on aortic dissection, a treatable condition that took his life because doctors initially got it wrong. John Ritter walked into a Burbank, California, hospital in September 2003 sweating through his clothes, vomiting, and gripping his […] The post John Ritter's widow and son mark his 78th birthday with a warning about the silent condition that killed him appeared first on American Almanac .
Amy Yasbeck and Tyler Ritter are using what would have been the beloved comedian's 78th birthday to sound the alarm on aortic dissection, a treatable condition that took his life because doctors initially got it wrong. John Ritter walked into a Burbank, California, hospital in September 2003 sweating through his clothes, vomiting, and gripping his chest in pain. The doctors on duty did what most emergency physicians would do: they treated him for a heart attack. A second test appeared to confirm that diagnosis. They gave him blood thinners. They threaded a catheter into his heart. And only then, during the catheterization itself, did they discover what was actually happening. A massive tear had ripped through the wall of his aorta, the…Open